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Lot 291
Orwell (George) Animal Farm, first American edition, light rubbing to extremities, jacket with light rubbing to extremities, small crease to head of upper panel, a near-fine copy, New York, 1946.; England Your England and other essays, first edition, covers with light sunning to upper and lower edges, jacket with short nick to foot of upper joint, else fine, 1953, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
![Greene (Graham) [The works], 22 vol., "The Collected Edition", 1970-82; with additional vol. of Collected Essays, 1969, first](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2d7715ea-9ad5-46f0-896f-b1e701167151/dd033520-f76a-46e6-94e2-b1e70118a436/468x382.jpg)
Lot 169
Greene (Graham) [The works], 22 vol., "The Collected Edition", 1970-82; with additional vol. of Collected Essays, 1969, first impressions, original boards, dust-jackets, the odd nick to extremities, spines a little toned but overall excellent and sharp; and 18 others by or relating to Greene, 8vo (41)
Lot 25
Ballard (J. G.) The Drought, first edition, faint spotting to endpapers, original boards, bump to foot of spine, very slight fading to spine, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, small crease to foot, faint spotting, a near-fine example, 8vo, 1965.*** Originally published in paperback as The Burning World, here first published as an expanded work under the new title.
Lot 149
Gibson (William) Neuromancer, first edition, signed by the author on title, light marginal toning, book-labels of Christian Heuer and Peter Leckie to inside upper cover, original pictorial wrappers, creasing and light rubbing, New York, Ace Books, 1984; and a reprint of the same, 8vo (2)*** The true first edition of Gibson's first novel and most popular work, a cornerstone of modern science fiction, winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards.
Lot 13
Asimov (Isaac) Foundation, first English edition, scattered foxing to endpapers, half-title and title, original boards, edge-spotting, else fine, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, very light surface soiling to lower panel, a fine copy, 8vo, 1953.*** The first title in Asimov's celebrated science-fiction series, rare in such superb condition.
Lot 129
Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, very faint small date stamp to front free endpapers, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze, extremities fractionally bumped, otherwise fine boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, oslight rubbing along joints, the odd chip and nick to extremities, still a crisp copy overall, 8vo, 1957.
Lot 418
White (T.H.) The Once & Future King, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, some scattered spotting to panels, very light surface soiling, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1958.*** White's classic children's book, retelling the Arthurian legend for the modern era.
Lot 371
Spark (Muriel) Robinson, strip on toning on endpapers, boards stained and discoloured, 1958; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, 1961; The Public Image, 1968; The Abbess of Crewe, 1974; The Hothouse by the East River, jacket price-clipped, 1973; Do Not Disturb, 1971, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light chips and nicks to extremities, overall excellent; and 14 others by Spark, including a proof copy of Reality and Dreams, 8vo (20)
Lot 214
Kerouac (Jack) Big Sur, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket priced at $4.50, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, New York, 1962; and a first English edition of Last Exit to Brooklyn, 8vo (2)*** Kerouac's superb account of the life of a drifting alcoholic. Rare in such condition.
Lot 8
Amis (Martin) Dead Babies, jacket with slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1975 § Banks (Iain) The Wasp Factory, 1984 § Shute (Nevil) On the Beach, jacket with light fading and some light staining to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head, 1957, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine overall; and 6 others by the same and similar, 8vo (9)
Lot 134
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, light staining to pp.146-151, a few very faint spots, very light offsetting onto endpapers, boards with eye design in white to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, jacket with repairs to flap joints and to a few marginal tears, light staining along spine and flap joints, extremities slightly rubbed, 1960; Thunderball, book-label to front pastedown, some very light spotting to endpapers, boards with skeletal hand in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, spine very lightly sunned, ends and corners lightly bumped, very light surface wear, jacket with brown tape stains along upper and lower edges, spine and flap joints lightly rubbed and sunned, extremities slightly chipped and frayed, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, boards with dagger motif blocked to front board in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, light strip of fading to lower cover upper edge, jacket with spine ends and corners slightly chipped and frayed, spine and flap joints very lightly toned, some light staining, 1962, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and a first edition of On Her Majesty's Secret Service in very good condition, 8vo (4)*** A run of four consecutive Bond first editions, all very good or excellent copies.
Lot 162
Greene (Graham) and Hugh. The Spy's Bedside Book, illustrations by William le Queux, jacket spine sunned, upper panel with short nicks and light creasing to head and foot, 1957 § Deighton (Len) Billion-Dollar Brain, jacket with slight creasing to head, light rubbing, 1966 § Ambler (Eric) Here Lies Eric Ambler, signed by the author on title, jacket with short nick to head of upper joint, 1985, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine; and 7 others by the same and similar, 8vo (10)
Lot 277
Murdoch (Iris) The Bell, jacket a little faded, light toning to spine, 1958; A Severed Head, jacket with short closed tears to head and foot of upper joint, light toning and surface soiling to rear panel, 1961; An Unofficial Rose, light fading to spine, sunning to spine tips, jacket with light toning to spine, some faint soiling to panels, 1962, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, excellent examples overall; and 15 others by the same, 8vo (18)
Lot 132
Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, jacket spine toned with dark stain to on spine tail, lower panel with light marking, upper panel crisp and clean, 1959; The Spy Who Loved Me, jacket spotted with a few nicks to spine ends, 1962; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, shelf-lean, jacket rather creased and tender, few nicks and chips to extremities, the odd repaired tear with tape verso, 1963; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, jacket with light strips of toning to edges, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (4)
Lot 197
Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Remains of the Day, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, very light even sunning to spine, otherwise fine and remarkably crisp, 8vo, 1989.*** A superb copy of this Booker Prize winner, basis for the classic 1993 Merchant & Ivory film adaptation.
Lot 233
le Carré (John) Single & Single, 1999; Our Game, ink gift inscription on half-title, jacket price-clipped, edges a little creased, 1995; The Honourable Schoolboy, signed sticker from the author on title, jacket with 1" tear to upper flap joint, other corners scuffed and nicked, 1977; The Constant Gardener, 2001; The Mission Song, 2006, first editions, signed or signed sticker by the author, original boards, dust-jackets; and 18 others by the same, 8vo (23)
Lot 118
Faulkner (William) The Hamlet, first English edition, light spotting to first and last few leaves, edges lightly spotted, original cloth, spine lightly browned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, some light spotting, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned, spine ends and corners slightly chipped and frayed, upper spine and upper flap joints cracked at head, a few stains, still a very good example of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1940.
Lot 115
Farrell (J.G.) The Siege of Krishnapur, first edition, jacket torn at upper panel, few nicks to edges, 1973 § Lanchester (John) The Debt to Pleasure, first edition, signed by the author on title, 1996; Fragrant Harbour, first edition, signed by the author on title, 2002 § Ruiz Zafon (Carlos) The Shadow of the Wind, first English edition, signed by the author, 2002, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.210 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.215)
Lot 250
Macmillan (Harold) The Blast of War, 1967; Tides of Fortune, 1969; Riding the Storm, 1971, first editions, signed by the author on titles, plates, original boards, dust-jackets; and signed reprints of Winds of Change and At the End of the Day, 8vo (5)*** Five of the six volumes comprising Macmillan's biography, all signed.
![Larsson (Stieg) [Millennium Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 2008; The Girl Who Kicked the Horne](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2d7715ea-9ad5-46f0-896f-b1e701167151/522f63fa-d20b-4754-9894-b1e70118fa09/468x382.jpg)
Lot 362
Simenon (Georges) Maigret Goes to School, jacket with light toning to spine, 1957; Maigret's Failure, jacket with slight fading to spine, 1962; Maigret and the Spinster, 1977, first English editions, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (10)
Lot 218
Kipling (Rudyard) Kim, 2pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription and some spotting to endpaper, upper joint cracked but firm, extremities rubbed, 1901; The Second Jungle Book, Presentation Copy blind-stamp to title, slight shelf lean, light toning to spine, some slight discolouration to upper cover, g.e., 1895, first editions, original cloth; and c.45 others, Kipling, 8vo (c.45)
Lot 376
Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, tape staining on pastedowns, cloth a little damp-stained, jacket torn across spine, 2 portions of loss to upper and lower head of panels, 1" tear along upper joint from tail, light chips and nicks along edges, spine a little toned, 1952; Cannery Row, light rubbed along jacket joints and extremities, otherwise an excellent copy, 1945; The Winter of Our Discontent, jacket price-clipped, a few chips and nicks to edges, spine head bumped, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, New York; and 9 others by Steinbeck, 8vo (12)
Lot 7
Amis (Martin) The Rachel Papers, review copy with slip loosely inserted, 1973; Success, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 1978; Time's Arrow, 1991; London Fields, 1989; Other People: A Mystery Story, 1981; Money, 1984, first editions, signed by the author on title or half-title, original boards, dust-jackets, fine or mint copies; and 11 others by the same, 8vo (15)
Lot 47
Bell (Mary Hayley) Whistle Down the Wind, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author's daughter Hayley Mills "For AL, we must never call it a day!" to endpaper, illustrations by Oven Edwards, original boards, dust-jacket slight toning to spine and head of upper panel, short closed tear to head of lower panel, some light surface soiling, an excellent example, 8vo, 1958.*** The author's classic novella, adapted for film in 1961, starring the author's daughter Hayley Mills (on whom the character was based) as well as for the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical in 1996.
Lot 14
Atwood (Margaret) The Handmaid's Tale, 1986; Wilderness Tips, 1991; Alias Grace, 1996, first or first English editions, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jackets, one or two nicks or light creasing to edges, otherwise excellent; and 11 others by Atwood, other first editions, other signed copies, 8vo (15)
Lot 244
Lively (Penelope) The Road to Lichfield, 1977; Treasures of Time, 1979; According to Mark, 1984; Passing On, 1989; City of the Mind, 1991; Spiderweb, 1998; Cleopatra's Sister, 1993, first editions, each signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, some light rubbing or chips to extremities, otherwise excellent copies; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (12)
Lot 122
Fermor (Patrick Leigh) The Violins of Saint-Jacques, second impression, jacket price-clipped, the odd nick and chip to extremities, 1953; Mani, first edition, jacket price-clipped, the odd nick and chip to extremities, 1958; A Time to Keep Silence, later edition, short nicks to jacket upper edge, 1982; Three Letters from the Andes, first edition, 1991, each signed by the author on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others by the author, 8vo (9)
Lot 373
Stein (Gertrude) Wars I Have Seen, frontispiece and plates, spine sunned, detached and trimmed dust-jacket panels, upper with small nick, and single flap, loosely inserted, 1945; Four in America, spine ends and corners a little bumped and rubbed, 1947; Mrs. Reynolds and Five Earlier Novelettes, front endpaper defective, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, toned and torn in places, 1952, first English and first editions, original cloth; and 6 others by the same, v.s. (9)
Lot 107
Douglas (Norman) South Wind, letter from the publisher confirming no priority between two text states tipped in on front free endpaper, this copy's state with lines transposed on p.335, light spotting, 1917; Siren Land, bookplate, endpapers browned, some light foxing and spotting, cloth spine a little faded, [1911]; Old Calabria, faded ink ownership name on pastedown, endpapers a little toned, light foxing to first few pages, cloth spine faded, 1915; Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, a few tears to extremities, one or two neatly repaired, upper edge nicked but still in effect a very tight copy, 1927, first editions, original boards or cloth, light creasing and bumping to extremities; and c.40 others by or relating to Douglas, v.s. (c.45)
Lot 101
Dahl (Roald) My Uncle Oswald, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Libby & Vic" to front free endpaper, small mark and light foxing to title, light foxing to endpapers, original boards, light sunning to top edge, dust-jacket, light toning, spine sunned, a little creased at head, foxing to flaps, 8vo, 1979.
Lot 116
Faulkner (William) Pylon, first English edition, 4pp. advertisements, original cloth light sunning to spine, light shadowing from jacket to spine and upper cover, small bump to head of lower cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, Centaur Library sticker to spine, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, 8vo, 1935.*** Faulkner's seventh novel, published in the same year as the American first edition, scarce with the dust-jacket in such good condition.
Lot 310
Pullman (Philip) The Subtle Knife, first edition, signed bookplate by the author loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 1997; The Amber Spyglass, signed by the author on title, Scholastic publication ephemera loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, a little creased at head, 2000 § Wright (Nicholas) Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, signed by Pullman on title, original wrappers, 2003; and 10 others, by or relating to His Dark Materials, some ephemera including CDs, cassettes and other publisher's promotional material, v.s. (13)
Lot 276
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.*** Murdoch (Iris) The Flight from the Enchanter, jacket toned on spine and joints, chips to extremities, 1956; A Severed Head, jacket price-clipped, one or two nicks to extremities otherwise fresh, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 63 others, by Murdoch and John Bailey, 8vo (65)
Lot 72
Burroughs (William S.) Naked Lunch, first American edition, original cloth-backed boards, first issue dust-jacket with no roman numerals or zip code, light sunning to spine, short nick to head of upper panel light creasing to head, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1959.
Lot 304
Powys (John Cowper) Porius, number 104 of 200 copies signed by the author, small stain to lower margin of first few leaves, offsetting to corners of front and rear free endpapers, original navy half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., 1951; Poems, first edition, bookplate of Lloyd Emerson Siberell tipped in to front free endpaper, light spotting to front endpapers, original decorative boards, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine and edges slightly darkened, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, glacine dust-jacket, creased and frayed, loss to spine ends, corners and upper panel upper edge, 1899; A Glastonbury Romance, first English edition, later navy half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., 1933; and 2 others by Powys both inscribed to his sister Marian, 8vo (5)
Lot 402
Toole (John Kennedy) A Confederacy of Dunces, first English edition, original boards, spine a little toned, dust-jacket, very light creasing to ends, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1981. *** A superb copy of John Kennedy Toole's satiric masterpiece. Toole committed suicide in 1969, in part due to his lack of publishing success. His mother subsequently began promoting the book, which was finally published in 1980, later winning the Pulitzer Prize that year.
Lot 287
O'Neill (Eugene) The Iceman Cometh, first edition, small chip to title fore-edge, light adhesion marks to front free endpaper, jacket with some chipping to head of lower panel, New York, 1946; The Moon of the Caribbees, first English edition, foxing, browning to endpapers, jacket with reoairs to verso, 1923, original cloth, dust-jackets, spine ends and corners chipped, light surface soiling; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)
Lot 411
Waugh (Evelyn) Mr Loveday's Little Outing and other Sad Stories, first edition, upper hinge reinforced with tape, cloth spine faded, 1936; Scoop, endpapers lightly browned, 1933 § Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue, bookplate, cloth spine head frayed, 1932; The Heart of the Matter, first edition, bookplate, half-title toned, jacket deeply price-clipped, spine head torn and faded, 1948; and 8 others by Greene and Waugh, 8vo (11)
Lot 75
Butler (Samuel) The Way of All Flesh, 12pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, head frayed, light marking, 1903 § Conrad (Joseph) The Arrow of Gold, light spotting on endpapers, extremities bumped, spine a little darkened, head chipped with loss, 1919, first editions, original cloth; and 9 others, mixed modern literature, 8vo & 4to (11)
Lot 65
Brookner (Anita) A Start in Life, 1981; Providence, 1982; Look at Me, ownership inscription removed from front free endpapers, jacket lightly toned, 1983; Hotel Du Lac, 1984, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine or near-fine copies; and c.200 others, female authors, 8vo (c.205)
Lot 170
Greene (Graham).- Shades of Greene: The Televised Stories of Graham Greene, Greene's own personal file copy, signed by him on title and with signed letter of provenance and loosely inserted, original boards, corners bumped, otherwise fine, preserved in custom-made drop-back buckram box with green morocco and gilt labels, 1975; The Potting Shed, first edition, the author's personal file copy, signed on title and with signed letter of provenance loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1958; and 4 others, including 2 proof copies of Greene works, 8vo (6)
Lot 188
Hornby (Nick) Fever Pitch, first edition, 1992; About a Boy, first edition, 1998 § Haddon (Mark) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, first edition, 2003 § Knausgaard (Karl Ove) A Death in the Family, first English edition, 2012, signed or signed presentation inscriptions from the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing, otherwise fine; and c.90 others, 8vo (c.95)
Lot 104
Deighton (Len) Spy Story, signed presentation inscription from the author "To my dearest Enzo", some light surface wear, extremities very slightly rubbed, 1974; Horse Under Water, lacking crossword competition slip, final leaves slightly creased at upper corner, jacket lightly toned along spine and edges, a few light stains, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, jacket spine and upper edge lightly toned, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, jacket with a couple of short tears, some holes to spine, some surface wear, 1966, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 10 others by Deighton, 8vo (14) *** Enzo Apicella was a designer and cartoonist who revolutionised the look of Italian restaurants in Britain during the 1960s, one notable project being La Trattoria Terraza which Deighton recommends in The Ipcress File: "In London with a beautiful girl... you must show her to Mario at La Terrazza."
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